Talk:Lotus Elise
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The current picture has a lot of glare, and is also pretty grany when blown up. Anyone got an Elise they can take pictures of?
I added mine. I think it's a nice pic. Got others if you're interested.--Rod 06:46, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
The first Elise was -introduced- in 1995, but it's the 1996 model.
[edit] Price?
The article mentions a few times that it is a relatively affordable sports car, but there is no mention of what the price is. Including something like a MSRP (or whatever it is for cars) seems appropriate. Pimlottc 08:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
I added the 42990 figure that was at the lotus cars site.
[edit] Austin Rover Group ECV3/Lotus Elise link
What amazes me about this article is that it fails to acknowledge the work that Rover produced, specifically Spen King, which led up to the concepion of the Lotus Elise chassis. One must realise that Rover were creating a lightweight chassis to work in unison with it's K-series power plant in order to come up with a high economy concept vehicle. The chassis itself could be adapted to suit any light vehicle role as was necessary.
Secondly, one must note that at Lotus there was a lot of kitchen sink engineering involved with their version of the K-series block. Problems were being engineered into the unit. As noted by one employee at Powertrain, Lotus never contacted them at all. The problems that Rover suffered with earlier K-series units were fixed throughout the engine's life. One example is the front engine hydro-mount, which cause slight imbalance of the engine whilst cornering.. This was fixed in the earlier Rover 200/400 cars in the early 90's!!! - Yet right up to the last K-series Elises, they were still using them!!
Check out this link for the the truths and myths about the K-series block, and in particular to the Lotus VHPD engine.
There are overtones to your posting that whiff slightly, so please don't let the main article which maintains the Wikipedia neutral point of view become yet another sewer arguing the toss about King K.
The King K article and many of the theories presented in it, particularly their "originality", their engineering integrity and the sources quoted there or since original publication have been debunked by all and sundry.
So whoever you are "193.60.133.205" stop trying to stir things up here because you have been banned from elsewhere, it's not big and it's not clever.
[edit] UK price?
It seems a bit silly only to have a US price for a British car. Anyone know the MRSP for the base Elise in the UK? Loganberry (Talk) 03:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
